Archive for the “Featured” Category

Report Reveals Backgrounds on Ohio’s Death Row Inmates

Late August, The Fair Punishment Project released a report concerning Ohio’s death penalty titled “Prisoners on Ohio’s Execution List Defined by Intellectual Impairment, Mental Illness, Trauma, and Young Age”. As an initiative run through Harvard Law School, The Fair Punishment Project works for a fair and accountable justice system. They address excessive punishments, and issues in the broken judicial system. This report is one of their newest reports addressing the unjust use of the death penalty throughout the United States.Read More

IJPC Statement regarding Trump Administration’s Rescinding of DACA

The news that the Trump Administration has rescinded DACA is devastating. Several of IJPC’s Youth Educating Society (YES) members are DACA recipients themselves, or have family or friends who have DACA. As U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions said today (September 5, 2017), “The program known as DACA…has been rescinded,” the faces of our YES members were fixed in our mind. We know that the faces, the stories, and the dreams of our YES members are representative of the estimated 800,000 other DACA recipients across the country whose lives are forever changed by this news. To take away their legal status so they can be deported in order to illustrate a tough stance on immigration is immoral and wrong.Read More

Pursuing Peace in Cincinnati – What is Nonviolent Cincinnati?

On September 20th, at Pursuing Peace in Cincinnati, IJPC will host activist and author, John Dear. We will also honor local peace activists Don Sherman and Bonnie Neumeier. We will use this event to launch Nonviolent Cincinnati - a new initiative that we can't wait to share with you. For a bit of a background on Nonviolent Cities and Nonviolent Cincinnati, read here.Read More

Summer 2017 Newsletter

Read our Summer 2017 newsletter here. Be sure to get caught up on the updates around the death penalty that ended in the execution of Ronald Phillips in July, read about national immigration policy updates, be inspired by our vision for a Nonviolent Cincinnati (and sign up to be part of the coalition), and mark your calendar for our September 20th event where we host John Dear and more.Read More

What Will it Take?

Written by Sister Andrea Koverman, SC As I write this blog on the Sunday before Ronald Phillips is to be executed, I am filled with dismay and struggle to hold […]Read More

A “Healthy” Choice for Survivors

Survivors of human trafficking deserve more than the services we are currently providing, and they deserve equal access to government insurance. Human trafficking is a bipartisan issue, so why is it that the healthcare legislature is not reflecting the respect for all humans – especially survivors of human trafficking? In order to create a society that reflects our support for survivors of human trafficking, we must first provide care for the physical needs of the person. The time is now to take action and demand freedom for everyone.Read More

Our Summer Interns Share

Each semester, IJPC opens its doors to interns from a variety of universities and colleges in the area to expand our capacity as a small office. Our interns become a vital part of our work for the semester - helping us research, write, build better presentations, develop toolkits, and more. Our summer interns, Lauren and Seth, started in late May and we invited them to share some of their story as well as their impressions of the work at IJPC. Read More